After decades of populating major league rosters with All-Stars at every position, Puerto Rico had only 20 players on opening day rosters last season.

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Puerto Rico Traces Decline in Prospects to Inclusion in the Baseball Draft

There are now more wireless devices being used in the United States than there are people, and Americans have doubled the amount of Internet data traffic they generate on smartphones, according to the trade group CTIA. The number of mobile devices rose 9 percent in the first six months of 2011, to 327.6 million — more than the 315 million people living in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Wireless network data traffic rose 111 percent, to 341.2 billion megabytes, during the same period. Read full article > >

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Number of cell phones exceeds U.S. population: CTIA trade group

The 17,000-officer police force of Puerto Rico is accused of a pattern of civil rights violations and other illegal practices.

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Report Finds Puerto Rico Police Dept. Corruption

US President Barack Obama has used a rare visit to Puerto Rico to offer support for a referendum on the island’s political future.

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Obama offers Puerto Rico support

President Obama made a visit to Puerto Rico on Tuesday, the first official White House trip since John F. Kennedy dropped in on the island in 1961. While Puerto Ricans living in Puerto Rico cannot vote in presidential elections, some say Obama’s trip…

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Obama Pays a Visit to Puerto Rico

This week’s best travel bargains around the globe. More than 1,300 museums across the United States are offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The Blue Star Museums program is available to any active-duty military ID holder (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard and Reserve) and up to five immediate family members. Museums in all 50 states, the District, Puerto Rico and American Samoa are participating. Venues include the Corcoran Gallery of Art in the District (admission is usually $10), the Museum of Modern Art in New York (usually $20) and Monticello in Charlottesville (typically $22). Special exhibits may not be included. For a complete list of museums: www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums . Read full article > >

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Travel deals for air, land and sea

He probably can’t pay his bail in “Liberty Dollars.” A North Carolina man was found guilty of minting his own currency and distributing it throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, activity the U.S. Attorney called “a unique form of domestic…

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Counterfeit Money Minter Convicted

The Food and Drug Administration took over three Johnson & Johnson Tylenol plants after a number of drug recalls and an FDA criminal investigation into issues at the factories. The plants-one in Puerto Rico and two in Pennsylvania-will be…

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FDA Takes Over Three Tylenol Plants

A 25-year-old woman from Seattle, Washington, has become the fifth person to succumb to burns suffered when her fiance’s uncle invited them to his house in Puerto Rico and allegedly set them afire.

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Police: Relative torched house, killing 5

In all, 45 states, the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico passed 31,005 new laws in 2010. Some of them will come into effect with the new year. Here is a sampling of some of the trends in lawmaking in 2010. 1. Marijuana read more

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From Marijuana to "Sexting": New Laws Set to Take Effect January 1

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Puerto Rico on Friday, rattling residents but causing no immediate reports of damage.

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5.1 earthquake shakes Puerto Rico

A Puerto Rico Army National Guard helicopter carrying local prosecutors on a anti-drug operation crashed off the U.S. Caribbean territory with six people aboard feared dead, authorities said on Tuesday.

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Prosecutors Reported Dead in Puerto Rico Crash

A US National Guard helicopter crashes off the coast of Puerto Rico, with all six members aboard feared dead.

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Helicopter crash off Puerto Rico

Rum has set off a dispute between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands over a tax the U.S. treasury collects on it.

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Rum Battle in Caribbean Leaves Tax Hangover

This is one for the record books: More than 130 people – including 89 law enforcement officers – were arrested in Puerto Rico Wednesday as part of a drug trafficking ring. The arrests came as the result of a two-year investigation that was the largest…

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130 Arrested in Police Corruption